ERIC Number: EJ833334
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Apr
Pages: 13
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-006X
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A Practical Clinical Trial of Coordinated Care Management to Treat Substance Use Disorders among Public Assistance Beneficiaries
Morgenstern, Jon; Hogue, Aaron; Dauber, Sarah; Dasaro, Christopher; McKay, James R.
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, v77 n2 p257-269 Apr 2009
This study tested whether coordinated care management (CCM), a continuity of care intervention for substance use disorders (SUD), improved rates of abstinence when compared with usual welfare management for substance-using single adults and adults with dependent children applying for public assistance. The study was designed as a practical clinical trial and was implemented in partnership with a large city welfare agency. Participants were 421 welfare applicants identified via SUD screening and assigned via an unbiased computerized allocation program to a site that provided either CCM (n = 232) or usual care (UC; n = 189). Outcomes were assessed for 1 year postbaseline with self-reports and biological measures of substance use. As hypothesized, for participants not enrolled in methadone maintenance programs (n = 313), CCM clients received significantly more services than did UC clients. Nonmethadone CCM also showed significantly higher abstinence rates (odds ratio = 1.75; 95% confidence interval = 1.12, 2.76; d = 0.31) that emerged early in treatment and were sustained throughout follow-up. In contrast, no treatment services or outcome effects were found for methadone maintenance clients (n = 108). Findings suggest that CCM is promising as a wraparound to SUD treatment for welfare recipients. (Contains 2 tables and 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Welfare Recipients, Substance Abuse, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Measures (Individuals), Outcomes of Treatment, Clinical Psychology, Critical Incidents Method, Intervention, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, Males, Integrated Services
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Language: English
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